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Ubuntu 10.04 broken package (build-essentials)

I do know there are questions like mine, but I couldn't get it work reading their answers. I'm trying to install build-essentials, but the package is broken, therefore I can't install the needed ...
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Missing ppa-purge Package?

I want to upgrade Banshee from version 2.0 to 2.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid. When I run sudo apt-get install ppa-purge I get the error message E: Couldn't find package ppa-purge. I am following ...
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Disk drive for / not ready on boot after upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04

After upgrading (using the Upgrade button from the update manager) from 10.04.4 to 12.04.1, I cannot boot anymore. Upon booting, I am greeted with the Ubuntu logo and the error "The disk drive for / ...
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Need help installing a package [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install a .tar.gz file? So I want to install the zathura package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/zathura Unfortunately it isn't as easy as sudo apt-get ...
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how to find the ppa of a package found in launchpad?

I am trying to install a program (valgrind) which needs libc6-dbg. On the other hand, I cannot install libc6-dbg because: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-dbg: Depends: libc6 ...
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How can I run Digikam after installing it?

I have installed Digikam in the Software Center on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system but I cannot find it. I have checked out Applications but it is not there. I know I have it because when I view the ...
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Installing a 10.10 package on a 10.04 LTS

While trying to install rubygems 1.3.7 from the Maverick repository (Lucis has 1.3.5) I am getting the following error: Error: Breaks existing package 'rubygems' dependency rubygems1.8 (= ...
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'E: Unresolved dependencies.' when trying to install new packages

I have installed Lazarus IDE downloaded from the website, not from Ubuntu Software Manager. I couldn't install it from USC so I downloaded it. But after I installed it using sudo dpkg -i *.deb ...
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How to clone an Ubuntu server install?

I have a VPS with MediaTemple and would like to clone the base-system OS that they install, I have got a full packages list that is installed by default here: ...
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How do you see what packages are available for update

FreeBSD user joining your ranks. I've been asked to look after an Ubuntu Server running 10.04 LTS. I see from /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available that there are a number of ...
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How can I run php 5.2 on 10.04? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to downgrade PHP from 5.3.x to 5.2.x For drupal servers, I used to install 10.04 (lucid) + php 5.2 (karmic). Now that karmic is gone, I don't know where to take php ...
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Scheduled Tasks application installed , It stoped working after one time

I have installed the Gnome Schedule ( Scheduled tasks ) to automate the backup of the on Ubuntu Lucid computer. The Scheduled tasks run for one time. I added one task and then next time it stoped ...
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How can I install python-envisage?

My question is about how I can install Ubuntu 11.10 packages on Ubuntu 10.04. I would like to install python-envisage (4.0.1), but in the Ubuntu 10.04 Software Center there is only python envisage ...
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How can I install Subversion 1.7? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Subversion 1.7 Binary For various reasons I need a newer version of Subversion (SVN) running on my 10.04 server, how can I install subversion without having to compile ...
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Cannot Install Spotify Gnome Support/Dependency Problems

Error is as follows: The following packages have unmet dependencies. spotify-client-gnome-support: Depends: spotify-client-qt (= 1:0.5.2.84.g6d797eb-1) but 1:0.6.2.291.gcccc1f5.116-1 is to be ...
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How to find/install build dependencies for building GStreamer plugins?

Is there any way to install these packages via apt-get? I found none of them with apt-cache search. aRts (for the arts plugin wrapper, and the artsd sink) ...
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How to make apt-cache, apt-get into one command?

In Ubuntu 11.04 or 10.04, how can I make the apt-get, apt-cache all in one myapt so that I can simply use one only, like in Fedora? For example: myapt search yum # same as apt-cache search myapt ...
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Find (and reinstall) packages with corrupted files (without breaking anything)

I usually prefer to fix a Linux system than to reinstall from scratch. My computers have seen many distribution upgrades and a list of PPAs or third-party repositories. APT usually makes sure that ...
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How do I upgrade python-scipy to something newer than 0.7.0?

I would like to make use of some of Runge-Kutta based ODE integration. Apparently this is implemented in scipy since Feb 2009 but Lucid ships with scipy 0.7.0-2 and does not have it yet. So how can I ...
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Will python2.7 be available for 10.04 in the future?

Since Ubuntu 10.04 is an LTS release will it support python 2.7 as a default package maintainer version or at least have a python2.7 package in future? Since it will be the last major python 2.x ...
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What does Package <package> has no installation candidate mean?

What does the above Error mean? What is an installation candidate? I was trying to do sudo apt-get install munin-memcached and i get this message: Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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Is git-svn in the 10.04 repos broken?

Has anyone seen problems with git-svn not installing properly from synaptic in 10.04? Anyone know how to fix this?
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Does installing packages manually with dpkg prevent a future upgrade path?

I manage a private network which has no internet connectivity due to the security policy of the customer. This network has a single Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server installation (soon to be several more) and ...